Army & Navy - MARINES: Trooper's Cannon

Infighting foot soldiers have found the
rifle grenade a handy battle tool. One rifle company in Sicily stopped
six enemy tanks with these iron pineapples. In the South Pacific, rifle
grenades (used mainly against enemy positions) neatly filled the range
between the hand grenade and the 60-mm. mortar. Previously fired only
from the old Springfield, the rifle grenade has now been fitted for
firing with the Garand and the carbine.

Unlike the better-known bazooka (TIME, May 3) which carries its own
propellant like the rocket it is, the rifle grenade is fired by...